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Kauwal Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kauwal is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 254 families residing. The Kauwal village has population of 1582 of which 802 are males while 780 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kauwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 21.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kauwal village is 973 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kauwal as per census is 937, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kauwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kauwal village was 65.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kauwal Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 59.64 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kauwal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kauwal village.

Kauwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,582 802 780
Child (0-6) 337 174 163
Schedule Caste 630 309 321
Schedule Tribe 103 57 46
Literacy 65.06 % 70.38 % 59.64 %
Total Workers 361 325 36
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 124 101 23

Caste Factor

In Kauwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.82 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.51 % of total population in Kauwal village.

Work Profile

In Kauwal village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 65.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.